Geeky Gadgets

Turn Any Photo into a 3D Model with SAM 3D : From One Snapshot to Shareable Mesh

Imagine snapping a photo of your favorite object, a vintage car, a family heirloom, or even your pet, and instantly transforming it into a lifelike 3D model. Thanks to Meta’s SAM 3D, this futuristic ...
Frontiers

Comprehensive AI framework for automated classification, detection, segmentation, and severity estimation of date palm diseases using vision-language models and generative AI

Department of Computer Engineering, College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia The date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a vital crop in ...
Frontiers

A privacy-preserving, on-board satellite image classification technique incorporating homomorphic encryption and transfer learning

Satellite image classification is an important and challenging task in the modern technological age. Satellites can capture images of danger-prone areas with very little effort. However, the size and ...
blockchain

Meta Releases Open-Weights SAM 3 Image Segmentation and 3D Object Suite: Outperforms Rivals in 2025 AI Benchmarks

According to DeepLearning.AI, Meta has launched a comprehensive open-weights image segmentation suite featuring SAM 3 for segmenting images and videos—including from text prompts—SAM 3D Objects for ...
USA Today

Sabrina Carpenter slams White House for using her song in 'evil' video

After the White House used a Sabrina Carpenter song without her permission, the pop star is keeping her response short and sweet. The "Espresso" singer, 26, took to X to slam the White House for using ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
CNN

Here’s what the US military is using to strike alleged drug boats

The US military has undertaken a campaign against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea using a variety of drones, gunships, and fighter jets, according to people ...
Semiconductor Engineering

New Frontiers In Fault Detection And Classification

IC manufacturers are increasingly relying on intelligent data processing to prevent downtime, improve yields, and reduce scrap. They are integrating that with fault detection and classification (FDC) ...
NPR

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...
NPR

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship or knows someone who has

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone ...
Harvard Business Review

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. Consider ...